General Teenager survives being shot through head with spear

[eellem1]

Yasser Lopez, 16, was said to be extremely lucky to survive after his friend accidentally fired a spear-gun into his forehead as it was being loaded. The force of the impact was said to be so strong that it knocked him into the lake where the two teenagers had been fishing.
Lopez was airlifted to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital where doctors were only able to X-ray him after sawing off part of the spear so he could fit into the scanner.
Miraculously, the three-inch spear went straight through his skull, narrowly missing his right eye and perforating the right side of his brain.
Neurosurgeon Dr Ross Bullock said Lopez was hugely fortunate that the spear missed every major blood vessel in his brain and did not pierce the left hand side, sparing his speech. After discovering in the X-ray that the part of the spear in Mr Lopez's head was a screw tip, doctors managed to delicately remove it
without damaging his brain.
Read More:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9342491/Teenager-survives-being-shot-through-head-with-spear.html

 

[camelCase]

;O

 

[Accname]

What permanent damage does he suffer from that?

 

[FireCat]

Whoa. this kid is very lucky to be survived. Well, hopefully he don't get any brain damage at all.

 

[Nigerianrulz]

What permanent damage does he suffer from that?

he will probably suffer from the dis functioning of the area of brain that the tip went through, we did this case study about this guy who had a metal rod through his skull bottom to top and survived, he suffered major personality changes and was basically a completely different person before eventually dying to some sort of infection i think?

 

[KaerfNomekop]

Phineas Gage?

 

[FireCat]

”We are very optimistic about his healing. It has been 11 days since he had been injured, and young people rehabilitate from injuries like that incredibly well,” neurologist Ross Bullock said.

”The amazing thing is that the boy is able to speak a little now. He is saying a few words, short sentences, and he is out of bed.”